kingofhearts Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 This is turning into a disaster, first Leckie now nabbout fmd we're going to come back with 3 players at this rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 Ah fuck. Macca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 Just now, Tommykins said: Ah fuck. Macca. Should've just taken it first time, tried to do too much. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, Tommykins said: Decent enough start for my money. It'll all be dependent on which Tom Glover shows up, I think. Nope. Reckon the Koreans will be the strongest oppo. Needed to and should have beaten this mob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, fensaddler said: Nope. Reckon the Koreans will be the strongest oppo. Needed to and should have beaten this mob. They're a mid tier second division side. I think we should wallop them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imtellingyou Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 Good result. It's going to be difficult to get through this group. Korean team should be atop. You can't make the bench in our league but for sure you can make debut in ACL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 I wonder whether their goal keeper is available. Managed to get a glove on the ball forcing Macca to chase the ball and have a speculative shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rass Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 Awful. Somewhere in time we've slipped back to more Joyce ball. Leckie and to lesser extent Nabbout only forwards still relevant - Maclaren hasn't touched it in about 3 months. Horrible to watch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, Tommykins said: They're a mid tier second division side. I think we should wallop them. They are in the Korean second tier. Standard of football much higher in Korea than Thailand. Still think they will be our toughest opponents. With half our team crocked, climate and our dodgy keeper, I worry for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, fensaddler said: Then we'd have had a 6 and two 10s. Not sure I'd be quite that bold... Yes just how we always play, a DM and 2 forward facing midfielders, one left and one right. People think we play with a 10, are deceived by the fact that only one of those midfielders is used in the press. Saying that I didn’t mind Valadon and I guess I’m more frustrated with our poor recruitment. But I think you touched on how bad we’ve recruited with Pucci and Endoh - PK has recruited players who aren’t deemed fit or good enough for any of the two midfielder roles. I still giggle when we used to think that we were going to get gun visa and marquee players once we qualified for the ACL. Edited April 15, 2022 by Mr MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 That was a good result for us against a good team. We struggled with the ball movement and their control close to the box but created plenty of our own chances and with a little luck, could have won the match. One mistake from Glover = one goal Gomulka looked at home there, next season it gives us an option for good 2DMs in games Maclaren, as usual, looked far less effective away from the A-League, although to be fair to him, he didn't get great service and this is where we missed Flo Jamieson looked cooked by half-time, we should have started Bos early in the second half. Hopefully, Leckie is OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 I think in reality a draw is not a bad start with the heat and lack of midfield, i mean we gave someone a debut in the ACL before he has even played in the a-league which shows how little depth we have right now, if Leckie is out we are in trouble but hopefully Metcalfe is back for the next game but in reality we should be beating United City fairly comfortably Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) We are in one of the weakest groups of the ACL. For me it’s quite obvious what needs to change long term for Australian teams to be successful in Asia on a more permanent basis. It just comes down to money. But JMAC is our highest paid player and with all the respect to JMAC, provided that most money goes our best players you can see why we are behind in Asia. You don’t need go to far to find the quality of the some high earners in this competition, in the better teams that is. And of course teamwork can do wonders as well but that is difficult to permanently do that. Edited April 16, 2022 by Mr MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka1 Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 Game could’ve easily gone either way. Sure it feels like 2 points dropped given the ending but gotta credit the lads getting a point in 37* heat. Onto the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 Had an early dinner so I could sit down in front of the game, but went into a food coma and fell asleep.... Missed the entire game fml. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imtellingyou Posted April 16, 2022 Report Share Posted April 16, 2022 I have the similar sentiment about this young future player debut. It just makes me very much disinterested in following the club at the moment. This is a way too much amateurish for the professional outlet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted April 16, 2022 Report Share Posted April 16, 2022 13 hours ago, Imtellingyou said: I have the similar sentiment about this young future player debut. It just makes me very much disinterested in following the club at the moment. This is a way too much amateurish for the professional outlet. who else were we meant to bring on though? People asking why endoh or pucci were not brought on and the reason was they cannot play the role metcalfe or gomulka play and valadon was the best suited option. Pucci 100% was a waste of money by the club but endoh has been brought in purely to have more depth going into the ACL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted April 16, 2022 Report Share Posted April 16, 2022 16 minutes ago, Zanty said: who else were we meant to bring on though? People asking why endoh or pucci were not brought on and the reason was they cannot play the role metcalfe or gomulka play and valadon was the best suited option. Pucci 100% was a waste of money by the club but endoh has been brought in purely to have more depth going into the ACL. Didn’t Tilio come off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted April 16, 2022 Report Share Posted April 16, 2022 6 hours ago, Mr MO said: Didn’t Tilio come off? He did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted April 16, 2022 Report Share Posted April 16, 2022 6 hours ago, Zanty said: who else were we meant to bring on though? People asking why endoh or pucci were not brought on and the reason was they cannot play the role metcalfe or gomulka play and valadon was the best suited option. Pucci 100% was a waste of money by the club but endoh has been brought in purely to have more depth going into the ACL. Valadon was the first substitution made and replaced Griffiths in the 65th minute. Jamo came off at the same time and was replaced by Bos. Tilio was not replaced until the 83rd and was replaced by Cola. We had Stokes and Hall on the bench too. There's no point in having "depth" if you don't jump in. If we are developing players, or buying players, who can play in ONLY one position and are totally incompetent in any other, then we're not running a football club properly. Sure, players develop preferences for position and style of play, but substitution does not allow direct replacement of all 11 starting players, and a manager, when faced with making same, has got to be prepared for shuffling the players on the park when he does so. Absolutely nothing against Valadon at all, but bring a guy direct from NPL3 to the ACL is like bringing a player out of the National League and plonking them in the EPL. I don't think anyone would be making the comments about the replacements in the ACL match unless they didn't have a history to look at of PK's selections and substitutions this season. This history makes it look like he is deliberately not playing certain players, much like Warren Joyce with Kilkenny and Fornaroli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, jw1739 said: Valadon was the first substitution made and replaced Griffiths in the 65th minute. Jamo came off at the same time and was replaced by Bos. Tilio was not replaced until the 83rd and was replaced by Cola. We had Stokes and Hall on the bench too. There's no point in having "depth" if you don't jump in. If we are developing players, or buying players, who can play in ONLY one position and are totally incompetent in any other, then we're not running a football club properly. Sure, players develop preferences for position and style of play, but substitution does not allow direct replacement of all 11 starting players, and a manager, when faced with making same, has got to be prepared for shuffling the players on the park when he does so. Absolutely nothing against Valadon at all, but bring a guy direct from NPL3 to the ACL is like bringing a player out of the National League and plonking them in the EPL. I don't think anyone would be making the comments about the replacements in the ACL match unless they didn't have a history to look at of PK's selections and substitutions this season. This history makes it look like he is deliberately not playing certain players, much like Warren Joyce with Kilkenny and Fornaroli. Football debate is funny. On one hand we are worried about our deflated squad and on the other hand we are looking for excuses for poor recruitment or personal choices by PK. Whilst in reality the latter is the solution for the first. Edited April 17, 2022 by Mr MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn Asunder Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) Other than one intercepted pass, Valadon did his job well. Annoys me that our visa players are not getting minutes - is a failure in recruitment and coaching Edited April 17, 2022 by Torn Asunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 If you want to watch the highlights again, here they are: https://melbournecityfc.com.au/videos/id/highlights-bg-pathum-united-1-1-city/6304074963001 Awful mistake by Glover - didn't come for the ball. Jmac should have won it at the end. BGP are pretty neat around the box - no pushover and had a couple of chances of their own that they should really have put away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 On 15/04/2022 at 10:59 PM, NewConvert said: I wonder whether their goal keeper is available. Managed to get a glove on the ball forcing Macca to chase the ball and have a speculative shot. As a signing you mean? Of course he is. A chance to play for Melbourne City and get a foot in the door of CFG - he'd jump at it. I'm surprised that we do not make regular raids into the Asia transfer market. Start with a loan and see what happens. Uncut jewels and all that. Safuwan, where are you..? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted April 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 58 minutes ago, jw1739 said: As a signing you mean? Of course he is. A chance to play for Melbourne City and get a foot in the door of CFG - he'd jump at it. I'm surprised that we do not make regular raids into the Asia transfer market. Start with a loan and see what happens. Uncut jewels and all that. Safuwan, where are you..? There was a time when MV were regularly getting Thai players in... Why we've barely touched Asia I have no idea. Surely could find some very handy players from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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